Kathie Owen | Private Consulting
Fitness and Performance
I don’t just watch how you exercise. I pay attention to the patterns around it.
Strength changes.
Balance changes.
Energy changes.
Sleep, stress, recovery, confidence, mobility, coordination, and motivation change.
And when you've worked with people as long as I have, you learn that these changes rarely exist in isolation.
I've spent more than 26 years teaching, training, and studying human performance across different ages, abilities, and stages of life.
Exercise is part of my work.
Observation is what makes it personal.
Fitness has been part of my life for decades.
I began teaching fitness through water aerobics in 2000 and became a Certified Fitness Trainer in 2002.
As my work evolved, I continued specializing:
2002 — Certified Fitness Trainer
2004 — Certified Specialist in Older Adult Fitness
2006 — Certified Specialist in Sports and Conditioning
Over the years, I've taught and trained across a wide range of fitness environments and ability levels, including strength and conditioning, aquatic fitness, arthritis-focused water exercise, SilverSneakers, older-adult fitness, sport conditioning, flexibility, balance, coordination, and general health and wellness.
I also maintained lifeguard certification for many years — another discipline that reinforced something I've carried throughout my career:
Pay attention. Conditions can change quickly.
My specialty: fitness as we age.
Getting older doesn't mean becoming fragile.
But it does mean that intelligent training matters.
Our bodies change. Recovery changes. Muscle mass matters more. Balance and coordination become increasingly important. Cardiovascular response deserves attention. Mobility affects independence. And the program that worked decades ago may not be the program the body needs today.
My background as an Older Adult Fitness Specialist gives me a particular appreciation for training that supports:
Strength and muscle development
Cardiovascular fitness
Flexibility and mobility
Balance
Coordination
Functional movement
Confidence
Appropriate progression
Long-term independence
I don't believe in treating every older adult as though they're delicate.
And I don't believe in pretending age doesn't matter.
Good training respects both capability and reality.
Your body has patterns, too.
This is where my fitness work intersects with the larger body of work I've developed around Human Patterns Under Pressure.
When I work with someone consistently, I'm not only watching today's workout.
I'm learning their baseline.
How do they normally move?
What happens when they're tired?
What changes when they've slept poorly?
How does stress show up in their performance?
When does their balance change?
What happens to strength after illness or time away?
When are they recovering well — and when does something seem different?
A single workout gives us information.
A pattern over time gives us context.
That doesn't replace medical care or diagnosis. It gives us better information about what we're observing so training can respond appropriately.
What training with me can look like
I don't believe every person needs the same program — or even the same type of training.
Depending on your goals, location, experience, and circumstances, I may work with clients through:
Private Personal Training
Individualized fitness training based on your ability, goals, history, and current needs.
Older Adult Fitness
Strength, mobility, balance, coordination, cardiovascular conditioning, and functional fitness designed with aging bodies in mind.
Online Training & Consulting
Guidance for people who want professional perspective and accountability without needing me physically beside them for every workout.
Sport & Human Performance
Conditioning and performance work informed by my background in sport conditioning and my study of psychology, pressure, and behavioral patterns.
Some of my client relationships have lasted many years.
That matters to me because good fitness isn't simply about what someone can accomplish in six weeks.
It's about understanding the human being who will be living in that body for decades.
About Kathie
26+ years in fitness. And I’m still paying attention.
I've been physically active since my college years and professionally involved in fitness for more than 26 years.
I've worked with beginners, experienced exercisers, older adults, athletes, people returning after time away, and people whose bodies and goals have changed significantly over the years.
My background includes fitness training, older-adult fitness, sport conditioning, aquatic exercise, arthritis-focused exercise, SilverSneakers, lifeguarding, psychology, wellness, emotional regulation, and human behavior.
Today, I bring all of those disciplines together.
I don't need you to perform fitness for me.
I want to understand your body, your goals, your patterns, and what becoming stronger and more capable means for your life.
Let’s talk about what your body needs now.
Maybe you're returning to exercise.
Maybe you've been training for years but something has changed.
Maybe you're getting older and want to protect your strength, mobility, and independence.
Maybe you're interested in improving athletic performance.
Or perhaps you simply want an experienced set of eyes helping you determine what makes sense now.
You don't need to choose a package before we talk.
We'll start with where you are, what you're noticing, and what you'd like to improve. From there, we can determine whether working together makes sense and what that could look like.
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Fitness services are based on individual needs, goals, location, availability, and appropriate scope of practice.
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